Issue 53 of the biannual poetry and prose periodical The World. Edited by Ed Friedman and Jo Ann Wasserman. Poetry and prose by David Henderson, Sherman Alexie, Eileen Myles, Elaine Equi, Paul Violi, Carla Harryman, Amy Gerstler, Angie Mlinko, Wang Ping, Bill Luoma, Lorenzo Thomas, Merry Fortune, Richard Hell, Lewis Warsh, Elio Schneeman, Patricia Spears Jones, Connie Deanovich, Josie Foo, Jeffery Conway, Robert Hershon, Sparrow & Foamola, Tom Savage, Donna Brook, Jordan Davis, Mitch Highfill, Meena Alexander, Laurie Price, and Joe Elliot. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, October 9 - November 10, 2009. "Between Nietzsche's "death of God" and the ascent of Buddhism in twentieth-century America and Europe, the idea of "void" has permeated Western art and culture, and the means by which artists and thinkers have dismantled conventions of reality and perception with acts of emptying, removing, destroying, or emphasizing nothingness, are numerous, as this massive survey testifies. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Film: Best of 2005," by John Waters, Amy Taubin, James Quandt, Chrissie Iles, Isaac Julien; "Music: Best of 2005," by Dennis Cooper, Stephen Vitiello, Christoph Cox, Susie Ibarra, and Debra Singer; "Books: Best of 2005," by Yve-Alain Bois, Pamela M. ... [details]
